they were calling in to say they were taking on water and they were off 65 miles from pillar point along the san mateo coastline. onboard were two adults and two children. neither older than 7 years old. about 50 minutes later, this is around 5:30, they radioed in to say they were abandoning ship. the coast guard is sure they didn't have a life raft or survival suit but not sure if they had life jackets. to give you an idea of some of the assets the coast guard dedicated to this search. an 87-foot patrol boat, a helicopter out of coast guard san francisco, a c-130 out of coast guard sacramento and 47-foot lifeboat out of coast guard station monterey. today they might also be sending out 210-foot cutter as well as air national rescue wing out of

moffett field that's supposed to help out and as i mentioned, later this morning at 6:45 they'll launch a chopper out of sfo to go back out there to try to find these four people. they have not indicated what the relationship is between the two adults and two children. part of the problem is the distress call was garbled. if you are watching and you know the boat and can call the coast guard to tell them you know who these people are to give them more information as far as where this boat was headed and where it was leaving from, they would much appreciate it. reporting live here, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> this morning in a separate search, the search for a missing bay area couple in peru is now intensifying. the u.s. state department now joining the effort to locate the pair who were last heard from a month ago during a biking trip. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live right now where one of the missing cyclists worked. she has details on the search

effort. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. a growing sense of urgency among family and friends. they were last seen and heard from in peru about a month ago. a 27-year-old jamie neal worked at this bike shop for the past two years. inside the shop there are flyers up about neal and her 25-year-old boyfriend, garrett hand. the pair set off on a world wind bike trip, an adventure they have been chronicling on facebook. the posts stopped on january 25th in peru. that's the last time anyone heard from them. the bike shop here, friends are worried. >> i'm extremely concerned. i'm very fearful that something bad has happened and it's not likely that -- it's not as likely that they are just out on an excursion away from internet access. they had been using the internet

and skype and facebook, you know, all that stuff to stay in contact and that contact has ceased. >> reporter: friends tell us they just want to know that the pair is safe. the state department issued a travel warning this month about a group possibly planning to kidnap american tourists in the region. the bike shop has posted information about the couple online, on travel groups, anywhere he can. of course the state department and u.s. embassy in peru helping out now with the search. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." it's 5:05 now. we have new details on a carjacking that left a wild scene at a shopping center in union city. it began in fremont yesterday afternoon where police went after a stolen mercedes-benz. the chase ended at union city's union landing shopping center when the suspects hit a tree. the mercedes smashed into a

white nissan where a woman was sitting inside. she was taken to the hospital. the stolen car kept going slamming into five other parked cars. the owner of one of the damaged vehicles had no idea his car was involved in all this. >> the person that committed this crime by hijacking the gentleman's mercedes, caused this mess while we were just enjoying our sunday. >> fremont police later found and arrested two teenagers, a man and woman, both 18 years old. following last week's sit in, five city college of san francisco students will get their meeting with the chancellor sometime today. a few dozen students occupied a campus building thursday into friday demanding an audience with the school's chancellor. the school made massive cuts in an effort to keep accreditation. students say they would like a say in those cuts and they will be speaking with the chancellor this morning and then hold a news conference after their hookup. >> good morning to you. it's 5:06. get ready for more of the same,

which was great weather over the weekend. meteorologist christina loren, a full moon. >> love that. >> this is a great way to start the day. i will advise you this thing can be distracting because it's so crystal clear out there this morning. give yourself ample time to reach your destination safely. let's get right to temperatures this morning. it's a cold start to the day. it's going to be a spectacular finish. a warmup just ahead. 47 degrees. good morning to you in oakland. 36 to start in san jose. take you through your hour by hour detail for today. you can see here we stop the clock at noon. temperatures already at noon in the 60s in places like santa rosa. 59 degrees. as you break for lunch in napa, we'll round out the day in the upper 60s. lots to talk about. lots happening around here across the bay area this week as we get closer to spring. those festival starts to spring up all over the place. we'll talk about what's happening and what the weather, how it will cooperate for those events. let's check your drive. distracting for me to see the moon. >> it did. i was howling at it.

looking at it. you know how it goes at our house. east shore freeway west 80 moves smoothly. that's probably why the kids were going crazy going to sleep last night. at powell earlier crash cleared and no problems for both directions off the berkeley curve we see slowing in each direction because the volume is starting to pick up a bit. down the east shore freeway out of richmond, no problems off richmond bridge although it slows. slowing near the caldecott. southbound 680 toward contra costa out of pleasant hill we do have one disabled vehicle partially blocking a lane there. should be in final clearing stages as we speak. looking at the construction bringing it down to one lane east 580 but west 580 now word of a stall there as well. sounds like a car is on the shoulder. this could get more complicated but right now it's just on the shoulder. i'll track it. send it back to you. >> thank you, mike. 5:08. coming up, olympic skier lindsey

vonn talks about her injury and how she's recovering. why is the state of california paying big bucks to professional athletes? >> a first look at google's new planned campus. we'll take a look in business news.

welcome back. wow. look at that shot. that's fantastic. a full moon on this monday, february 25th. the moon will be at its fullest point at 3:26 p.m. maybe that's why i couldn't sleep last night. 5:11. american women could one day be required to register for the draft. legal experts say the obama

administration decision to lift the ban on women in combat opens the door for mandatory draft registration. men 18 to 25 are already required to register. experts say while it's extremely unlikely the draft requirements will change any time soon, legally there may be no other choice. another step toward expansion happening today for facebook as the social media giant spreads architecture footprint. the menlo park planning commission meeting today discussing the company's plan for a second campus on the west side of bay front expressway. facebook needs the city to rezone the 22 acres to green light building the new campus. right now the height for buildings is 35 feet. facebook has plans going as high as 73 feet into the sky. campuses are breaking out all over. scott mcgrew, the world got a look at the google campus over the weekend. >> that's right. "vanity fair" got a look.

it's 42 acres, more than a million square feet of office space. google's main headquarters is on old sgi campus if you've been around long enough to remember that. google has broke ground on this new campus. to add to that, we have a campus on the upper right-hand side of your screen announced last week. more than a million square feet. that's going to be in santa clara and then at the bottom you have the mother ship. the granddaddy of them all. apple's new campus. construction alone there expected to cost a half billion dollars and you thought you had a big mortgage. it would take apple less than a week to pay that off except the company has 274 times that much money in the bank. let's turn to bertha coombs this morning. she's at cnbc word headquarters. good morning, bertha. >> a problem with apple's cash is a lot is overseas and we know issues with taxes. we have futures higher this morning. lowe's reporting better than

expected earnings. barnes and noble higher. the markets off a mixed week. dow managing to close higher. nasdaq fell for second straight week and broader s&p 500 snapping a seven-week winning streak. no economic data on tap today. investors will keep a close eye on washington this week as fed chairman ben bernanke testifies twice about the economy on the hill. the dow rising 120 points on friday to that 14,000 level while the nasdaq added 30 to 3161. back over to you, scott. >> thank you. the board of directors at hewlett packard are a source of constant intrigue. a group of big shareholders said they've had enough and are asking for three of the board not to run for re-election. "the wall street journal" says the board members will meet with dissatisfied investors this morning in washington. that includes, by the way, the california retirement system in that group.

that board has had a phone taped tapping scandal, a bit of a sex scandal, hireded a ceo who hid from the company for several months. people didn't know where he was. said it would cancel pc and i can keep going. i won't. that's just in the last six years. something like that. >> ugly. >> quite a rap sheet. >> people in the midwest bracing for more snow. many people there digging out from last week's storm that dropped more than a foot of snow in some places. in kansas city, postal carriers had to play catchup on sunday. the storm buried mail trucks last week causing mail just to pile up and eventually forcing yesterday's delivery. so for real come sleet, snow and

all that stuff, mail carriers getting it done. >> we're putting on sunscreen in california. no complaints. >> we're spoiled. you can get the postal service wardrobe line. they have it available for you now. >> coming out in 2014. >> you know what's hot, jon kelley. let's take you outside. it's not hot but it will get warm throughout the weekend. we'll get an early taste of spring. break out that wardrobe. you can get a healthy workout with it this week. and then next week return to winter. storm system on the way. we need rain. we'll get something for everybody over the course of the next two weeks. we're tracking patchy fog. we're not expecting much to develop and any fog that does stick around is going to hug the coastal mountains. otherwise we're looking clear all day long. it's cold out there. all that warmth we had yesterday radiates out in the atmosphere with no clouds to trap it in. we'll see a nice rebound with

temperatures climbing by 30 degrees from where they are right now. the winds are going to play a factor just as they did on friday. so as we stop the clock for you on future cast you can see the coastline will get gusty winds again today. gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour. that means you want to tie down loose objects at your home if you left them out. we're looking nice and mild. 66 in concord. 65 in gilroy. as we head throughout the rest of the week, temperatures keep climbing. gradual warmup kicks in as we head through friday. we'll jump from 69 degrees on friday eve thursday to 73 degrees on friday. that means plan that barbecue. i'm coming over. >> definitely right on. will have to clean it, i guess. scrape, scrape. looking over here toward the eastbound traffic, the construction crews should be clearing from greenville road. that's good news. bad news is because we're getting ready for morning commute. you see that kicking in westbound. slowing now heading over the

altamont pass. earlier breakdown with that vehicle cleared from west 580 around greenville itself. that's good news. we're getting more crowded situation. we don't need distractions. a smooth drive through livermore, pleasanton and south 680 down into the sunol area. continuing down into the south bay you have construction still over at the washington/irvington exit for 680. into the south bay itself, no problems. you see yellow streaks southbound for 101 and 880 showing up speeds only to about 60. not a concern. light volume of traffic. no other incidents through area. 101 follow it up through palo alto along the peninsula. you see the volume of traffic here northbound with the taillights past willow continuing into san mateo and into san francisco. easy drive both directions for 101. 280 at the limit as you would expect. we'll check across the bay as well. we'll look at the bay bridge. this is folks out of san francisco and lower deck clear and easy drive. early morning accident over at treasure island clearing long ago and no further repercussions. westbound starting to pick up volume on incline as well.

things are moving smoothly. no backup at the toll plaza. this isn't the clearest view we've had. it's good enough for driving. back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:18. raiders defensive tackle desmond bryant is in trouble with the law. he was arrested yesterday morning in florida for misdemeanor criminal mischief. the chronicle reports bryant allegedly went to a neighbor's home intoxicated and caused a commotion. he has played with the raiders for four years but is scheduled to be a free agent next month. and on the ice the shark's ryane clowe has a meeting with the nhl today. he was not allowed to play in saturday's game against president stars because of the pending hearing. the sharks by the way not good lately. they lost on saturday night and they have lost nine of their last ten games. california lawmakers want to stop pro athletes from getting

big payouts from the state. according to "the los angeles times," the state has paid an estimate $747 million in benefits for job related injuries to pro athletes like football players, most of whom play for out of state teams. the funds come from the employer funded workers compensation program. state legislators are working on a new law that would protect california from getting hit with claims from out of state players. >> intriguing news. 5:20 right now. this morning on "today," olympic skier lindsey vonn talks about her recovery. she says that after tearing up her knees, rehab going very well. so well in fact she hopes to be strong enough to compete come this november. that would be a strong return. she tells the "today" show's matt lauer she knew the exact moment she was in trouble. >> and my knee just completely

buckled. >> you let out a shriek. >> i initially thought it would be worse. there was so much pain that i couldn't quite tell where exactly it was coming from. >> a shriek might be putting it mildly. vonn is ready top defend her title in sochi, russia. the full interview is airing this morning on the "today" show directly following this show. >> i like that she keeps up the positive attitude. >> she's a warrior. coming up, we'll take a look backstage at the oscars and hear from some of the winners. also we'll let you know why the oscars were front page this morning in iran. [ wind howling ]

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gate bridge. san francisco's traffic is flowing nice and easy and smooth on a monday morning. it will be a nice day weatherwise. christina will talk about that. mike has traffic. 5:23. you caught the academy awards last night, right? >> i loved seth. he was very good. >> very funny. he was hilarious. they did a solid job. 85th annual academy awards in the books. the big winners were spread out over a lot of movies. >>ing ing "argo" winner for bes picture. ben affleck took home that oscar. >> you're not entitled to anything. i am honored to be here. i'm honored to be among these extraordinary movies and i'm really, really honored to win an academy award. >> i like him. all grown up. news of "argo" winning made the front page of the paper in iran. iranian state media was quiet about the film's best picture win. "argo" was about a secret

operation to extract six fugitive americans out of revolutionary iran in the '80s. >> and ang lee winning for "life of pi." and anne hathaway for les miserables. and daniel day-lewis for "lincoln." and a lot of talk about jennifer lawrence's not so great trip to the microphone there. she snagged her heel on her dress and went down on the way to the stage. she went over that incident in the press conference. >> what do you mean what happened? look at my dress. i tried to walk up stairs in this dress. what went through my mind when i fell down? a bad word that i can't say.

it starts with s. >> it wasn't fun either. >> she handled it like a champ. at the golden globes her dress came apart. here's the silver lining, she won both of them. >> in "silver lining playbook." i liked the dress. >> she's our fashion lady. >> i could be wrong. christina loren, what did you think about that? >> i think she handled it with grace. good morning to you. temperatures will be comfortable. mid to upper 60s. our warmup continues. we get a whole new wardrobe. break out the spring gear. 66 degrees inland is downright comfortable in the heat of the day. at the coast we'll hit around 62 degrees. a man who is always dressed for an award ceremony every morning just for you, mike inouye. >> i also trip every morning. same theme. we're looking here. nothing tripping you up for san mateo bridge. it's a nice, easy drive

westbound is your commute direction. you see a good number of taillights. nothing unusual for this time of day. a smooth drive between the peninsula and the east bay. look at the maps. we'll see the hayward side with 880 showing no slowings or delays off the 238 interchange and castro valley y. a smooth commute right now. we do have construction work going on. crews are there but no major slowing and we'll end with a live look at the area coming up toward berkeley and east shore freeway. we'll show you that in the next report. >> i told i was wrong. it was dior. >> we investigate. hardcore. 5:27. still to come, better roads come with a price. the new plan to pass pothole fixes to taxpayers in the south bay. >> more details about the fiery crash on las vegas boulevard that ended up with the death of

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>> reporter: the coast guard looking for two adults and two children missing off the san mateo coastline. we'll have the latest from coast guard sector san francisco coming up. a strange new twist that comes to light in the oscar pistorius murder case. >> and back to work monday. great looking forecast this week. you can actually give your heater a break. save some money. your full details coming up in just a moment. it's also back from ski week monday so we'll see how that plays out for your morning commute. i'll look at the east bay coming up. >> giving you a live look. that's san francisco off in the distance on this monday, february 25th. a final week of february. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. it's 5:30. i'm marla tellez in for laura

garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. a very good morning to one and all. happening right now, coast guard crews continue their search for a group of four people lost at sea including two children. with frigid temperatures overnight, the search now growing more desperate. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the coast guard station with all of the latest details. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. coast guard sector san francisco is directing the search, which is taking place right now as i speak off the san mateo coastline. there's a c-130 and 87-foot patrol boat looking for these two adults and two young children under 8 years of age who are lost at sea. 210-foot cutter is about to arrive on the scene if not already. and then at sun up, the coast guard will send out another chopper. one of the adults onboard that missing vessel radioed in a broken up distress call at 4:20

yesterday afternoon to alert them of their sailboat taking on water. at 5:30, about 50 minutes later, they radioed in they were abandononi abandoning ship. >> we know they did not have a life raft onboard and we're not sure if they had life jackets or not. we're very concerned about it. that's why we keep our assets out there all night. >> reporter: the coast guard tells us the conditions last night were not good. the water cold. the wind gail force. because the distress call was broken up, the coast guard is not sure about that 29-foot sailboat's name. it could be charm blow or something to that effect. that's why they would like anyone familiar with that boat to contact them to let them know who these people are, where they're coming from and where

they were headed. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." las vegas police identified the man they say shot an oakland rapper as he was driving down las vegas boulevard last week. officers say 26-year-old ammar harris is armed and dangerous. his arrest record including kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault. on thursday morning harris was driving a black range rover on the las vegas strip when he shot at oakland rapper kenny "clutch" cherry. cherry was hit in the maserati he was driving crashed into a taxi that exploded killing the driver and a passenger inside. police found harris' suv a few blocks away on saturday. this morning the alameda county coroner's office working to identify a body pulled out of the water at jack london square. firefighters pulled that person out yesterday afternoon but at this hour still remains a mystery who the individual is and how they got there.

witnesses say it was spotted near the shore about 2:00 yesterday afternoon. if you do know anything about this incident, you are asked to please call police. friends and family of a missing bay area couple are not giving up hope the pair will be found alive and well. the couple vanished last month while bicycling through peru. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in the east bay with more details on this search effort. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. friends are reaching out to people here in the bay area and to anyone who may have contacts in peru. the last time anyone heard from this couple was about a month ago and friends are saying they wouldn't just disappear on their own. now jamie neal worked at the peddler bike shop here and was on extended vacation from the shop. she and her boyfriend, garrett hand, set off on a biking trip of a lifetime. a five-month adventure they have been chronicling on facebook since last november. the posts suddenly stopped on

january 25th in cusco, peru. concern is growing. a bus security camera captured images of the pair getting off a bus and into taxi in lima. >> i want them to both know that we're looking for them and we want them to contact us and reach out to us and tell us that they're okay and we want them to return on time and safe. >> reporter: neal has worked at the bike shop here for about two years. her friends say it's even more upsetting since the state department issued a travel warning this month about a group possibly planning to kidnap american tourists in the cusco, peru, region. the u.s. embassy in lima are helping out with the search. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. it's 5:35. let's check back in with meteorologist christina loren for more good news on a beautiful day ahead on this monday. >> good morning to you. not just today, jon and marla. all week.

just getting spoiled. and you'll be hearing a lot about the strong snowstorm impacting the midsection of the nation. flood concerns down south. heavy snow expected in the midwest for us. we're talking about a beautiful warmup. 35 degrees to start the day in livermore. good morning to you. weather headlines tell the story. a cold start but nice rebound. 30-degree jump from where we are now to where we'll be in the heat of the day. high clouds streaming in this afternoon. you'll notice that difference. filtered sunshine by end of the day. weak disturbance passes to our north. tomorrow we get another one and that will keep temperatures level but then as we head throughout thursday, friday into the weekend, temperatures climb into the 70s. great looking weather for your outdoor plans around the corner. 66 degrees today in livermore. 65 in gilroy. 63 for san francisco. your full forecast is just a few moments away. stick around. seven day ready to go in my next report. first, if you have to get out the front door and leave "today

in the bay," at least mike is here to finish you off. >> just hang around. just another 90 minutes is all we ask. we're looking here at 5:36. backup at the toll plaza. heavier volume of traffic expected around the bay this week. it was just south bay schools that had major break last week from school. we saw a shift in traffic around the bay. we're seeing an earlier backup at the toll plaza in the cash lanes. we'll look down the east shore freeway at the approach with folks coming out of richmond in toward berkeley with headlights. good spacing. at the limit but pretty crowded. we'll look at the maps. you'll see that the arrow pointing to the same area we showed you with the live camera. there will be slowing coming around the berkeley curve and toward that westbound upper deck. we have westbound 580 with slowing through livermore bogging down around airway but also at the dublin interchange and coming out of the altamont pass. that's to be expected. eastbound you have road crews blocking all but one lane in the eastbound noncommute direction causing unexpected slowing. plan for that past greenville.

crews should move in the next half hour. back to you. speaking of word on the street this morning, good news, bad news deals. the city of san jose says it's working on a plan to fix bad roads out there. on the downside, taxpayers will likely flip the bill. the city says nearly a quarter of its roadways are in poor condition by 2020 every road would be in that category. city leaders say they are proposing a series of taxes to help increase funding for road work. the possible taxes include a quarter or a half cent sales tax increase as well as a bond measure that would cost the average homeowner about $100 a year. >> 5:38. with spending cuts looming, the white house now announcing what it will mean for california's funding. and practically a done deal. the big name player you may guess from the video niners may soon be trading.

california governor jerry brown is attending an emergency meeting at the white house over looming spending cuts. he'll join other state leaders in meetings hosted by president obama. the cuts would affect federal aid to california. mr. obama is calling on governors from both parties to work with him on finding a compromise budget. lawmakers return from break today and they have only four days to come up with a deal to avoid drastic spending cuts that would hit california very hard. prai tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. the question is what's the vibe out there? do you feel they'll beat that friday deadline? >> can they? yes. will they? the sense here is there just isn't a lot going on publicly or behind the scenes to move toward a compromise before friday. some are saying after friday when cuts are a reality, we'll

see more momentum and urgency but for now what we've got is the white house putting out new numbers on what they think the impact of these cuts will be. you were talking about california being a prime example of that. and republicans saying they think the numbers are grossly exaggerated and that we don't have to see those cuts have such a devastating impact on the middle class. >> of course a lot of people will be affected by this if it in fact kicks in. for california, what does that mean for the state out here if the cuts do take place? >> we want to give you a rundown of what the white house is saying the impact could be especially on education. that's one of the big areas. $87 million in losses to schools in california. almost 63 for special education. plus, cuts to financial aid and work study for college students. head start as well. we're talking about thousands of students who could be impacted by this according to the white house report. public safety would also take a hit. 1.6 million in grants that cover

things like courts and victim services, witness services, and crime prevention. all of that could be lost if we see these cuts happen. a number of other areas including the military and that's a big one. lots of furloughs expected there. the environment job training, public health, senior meals, domestic violence, you name it. federal money lost to california come friday if congress can't work it out. >> major stuff we're talking about. we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope something gets done. thank you very much. you can call it a bizarre strange twist in the oscar pistorius' case. pistorius' attorney says the olympians brother is facing homicide charges from a 2008 crash that killed a motorcyclist. carl pistorius who sat behind his younger brother, oscar, every day at his bail hearing will now face his own homicide trial for this incident that happened five years ago. carl quietly appeared in court on thursday. that was just one day before his

brother was released on bail. his next appearance is scheduled for the end of march. it's 5:43 right now. oil giant bp may be forced to pay billions of dollars more for its role in one of america's worst ever oil spills. bp in court today to face a civil trial brought by several gulf states affected by that major, massive 2010 spill. the trial aimed at finding the cause of the oil rig explosion that ultimately killed 11 people. it also spilled millions of barrels of crude, which polluted the gulf of mexico. bp has already agreed to pay $5.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges. good morning to you. it's 5:44. monday begins with a full moon and another nice forecast for us. >> beautiful stuff. in fact, the kind of stuff that you wish for when it's raining and cold in the bay area. you know it's just around the corner. taking a live look at a spectacular start to the day over san francisco.

you've held on long enough. you got through the cold snap last week. you deserve 70s this week. some cities getting close to the 80s as we kick off the weekend. we're going to talk about that in your seven-day outlook in just a moment. we can't stay on this shot long enough. just beautiful. i want to show you that picture because we do have fog trying to develop out there. really not able to because the winds are so strong this morning. so those winds will play a factor in today's forecast. building breeze at the coast. not any thick fog this morning. good news for the morning drive. it will guest gusty over open water bridges. 34 degrees at napa right now. 44 in san francisco. and 38 degrees to start the day in sunnyvale living up to that name fully today. we have a lot of sunshine on tap as high pressure builds in. driving winds offshore. pushing that marine layer way back up to sea and we'll continue this warmup all of the way through friday. winds will pick up thursday and

friday and those will be warmest days of the week. mid 70s on the way. today not too shabby. mid 60s. 66 degrees in livermore. 64 for fremont. 63 in san francisco. i want to draw your attention to thursday and friday jump in those numbers into 60s to mid 70s. we'll hold onto that warmth for saturday. make those beach plans but plan on extra traffic over 17. let's check on where the traffic is developing right now with mike. >> it's monday. monday after we've had major break. i know south bay schools but still we see more traffic flow at the bay bridge. part of the reason, look at this. just these lanes between hov lanes and fastrak lanes. this may be related to early morning where we saw a backup that not all of the toll lanes were open. that may be the case. stay to the right as you approach. that side of the freeway is moving smoothly toward the toll plaza. again, back up and heavier volume showing up here. aside from at the toll plaza, no drama for the east bay maze. we'll take you to the backup for 580 westbound coming into livermore out of the altamont pass.

you see folks starting to build here toward north livermore and continuing into the dublin interchange. holding steady for 680 south through pleasanton and into sunol over the hill into fremont without problems for 680. nice drive here north 101 starting that first burst we typically see. it will back up a bit. 6:15, another slow drive from 680 up toward the airport. that will stick in. 87 showing more traffic as well. again, those south bay schools back in after a lot of them had a winter break. everything except for here should be a lot heavier. north 280 from 680 you have metering lights. we'll see how the difference plays out. it's been holding steady until 880 interchange and then jams into cupertino. 880 moving south picking up volume. no slowing south of dumbarton bridge. palo alto heading up toward the dumbarton bridge a nice flow northbound with taillights but southbound also picking up a good volume. no slowing through san mateo, palo alto or into the south bay and we'll end with this shot and

send it back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. thanks. the academy awards wrapped up last night with plenty of big winners. >> "argo." >> how cool is that? first lady michelle obama announcing best picture which went to ben affleck's thriller about the 1979 rescue of six american hostages in iran. ben said it felt like he was hallucinating when the first lady did that. he produced, directed and starred in the film. "life of pi" took home best director and daniel day-lewis making history by winning the third oscar for best actor for his starring role in "lincoln." >> my fellow nominees, my equals, my bests, so proud to be included as one against you. >> you are standing up because you feel bad that i fell and that's really embarrassing. thank you. >> jennifer lawrence slipped on the stairs as she made her way

to the stage to claim her prize for best actress. anne hathaway took home the best supporting actress award for "les miserables." >> they looked smooth out there. >> especially halle berry. a documenter produced by jennifer newsom was not a winner at the oscars but the bay area's pixar taking home a big award. >> "brave" snagging the award for best animated feature. they've had a lot of success. pixar's seventh win in that category since the award was first handed out in 2002. you can see that's dominating. the company planning to keep the party going. they'll celebrate that win today at the emeryville office. the academy of friends which hosts a annual oscar gala has been donating money to hiv and aids prevention programs in the region for more than three decades. >> it's an incredibly important

issue. thousands of our neighbors, friends and family members are impacted. we're more positive than ever we can do things that are productive. >> this gala's theme was bow ties and bubbly. an ode to the roaring '20s. >> who doesn't like those outfits. skr skr >> i'm a fan. big news two two bay area sports teams. a trade on the way for the 49ers. find out what we learned overnight. giants announcing a big-time multiyear deal of their own they're working on. three things we thought were totally awesome that turns out weren't at all. we'll take a look in business news. mom, i invited justin over for lunch.

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it is 5:52. welcome back. danica patrick strong making history at daytona. she started the race as the first female ever to go off from that pole position. at lap 90 the first person to ever lead a lap at daytona. patrick's front runner status faded. she was in third place in the start of the final lap. the man stronger than anybody, jimmie johnson pumping his fist winning again the daytona 500. football now where rumors are swirling that the 49ers worked out a deal to trade alex smith. cbs sports reports the deal is done but cannot be announced until march 12th when the league's season officially begins. now, the niners will not confirm the rumors. there's no official word on who will acquire smith but many experts believe it is the kansas city chiefs. new chiefs head coach andy reid was reportedly interested in

acquiring smith a year ago when he was coaching the eagles. to business and tech news. i'm jumping ahead. getting excited for scott. >> let's talk about deals here. giants are working on a deal to keep their manager and general manager. the san francisco chronicle reports the team president is working on a multiyear extension with manager bruce bochy and gm brian sabean. take it away, jon. >> mcgrew walks into the area and i start say let's get ready for big man. a big change at yahoo! this morning. the new ceo wants people who work from home to come on back into the office. scott mcgrew joins us now. telecommuting was supposed to be the big thing. >> yahoo! insiders say it's not working at all. that is the problem. people aren't working apparently. the blog all things digital says ceo marissa mayer sent out a memo last week telling homeworkers to come into yahoo!

find an office and show up for work. several yahoo! insiders say the work from home crowd was not getting very much accomplished. barnes & noble reports profits this week. we expect the company says it will change its nook business model maybe discontinuing it all together. nook costs that company way too much money. and the latest data shows some of the earliest investors in solar are moving on to other technologies. "the wall street journal" says venture capitalist soured on solar and think the big future is in managing the current grid. so the reason i bring this up is these three things were supposed to be awesome. all of them. telecommuting, ebook readers, solar energy. a year ago they were on the tip of everyone's tongue and in their particular companies all of them turned out to be a mistake. >> never mind should be the motto there. >> and with more people going to

work, that's probably going to affect traffic. we'll get to that in a bit with mike. meteorologist christina loren, let's get a look at the forecast. a nice one. >> it will be great. i love to be the bearer of good news. thanks for waking up with us each and every day. today you want to make those outdoor lunch plans if you can. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s as you break for lunch. air quality is holding strong. good to moderate. at 4:00 p.m., 66 degrees inland. bayside 64 degrees and at the coast, 62. we keep on climbing all of the way throughout this week. stick around. your seven-day outlook is ready to go. let's check your drive at 5:56. good morning, mike. >> good morning. not a good morning for one person here. you're lucky. we have a camera here. chp does not. they don't nope what's going on yet. this is northbound 101 just north of 680. one of the reasons why we saw that big slowdown is the burst of traffic. the other is the car with flashing lights in your second lane from the center there. and they're stalled out. a couple other cars stopped. we saw one in the center divide and it looks like chp may be

notified and there may be a tow truck heading out there. i'll give them a call because it is an issue. i'm worried about people we see walking around. the map we see northbound 101 we see slowing just north of 680. arrow pointed and incident marker there and that's a backup there. 87 has sorted itself out as has the rest of the south bay building again in 15 minutes. we'll look to the bay bridge with an early build for cash lanes on either side of fastrak. we'll see metering lights turned on in five minutes. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it's 5:57 right now. still ahead, mc hammer arrested in what he calls a case of racial profiling. we'll let you know what the sheriff's office is now saying about that incident. a carjacking and a chase in the east bay leaves behind a trail of destruction. ♪

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if they survived at all. the desperate search under way for four people forced to abandon their sinking ship. an east bay couple enjoying their dream vacation now disappear without a trace. >> and the oscar goes to "argo." >> we have golden glory at the academy awards. we take you to the red carpet, to the velvet rope for a first look at the a-list after party. sleeveless in the bay area. put a winter coat to start. in the 30s headed toward 70s in some cities. your full forecast in moments. >> we have a big backup forming in san jose. i'll tell you about the conversation i just had with chp coming up. and give you a live look at traffic making its way into san francisco along the upper deck of the bay bridge. always a beautiful shot. it's monday, february 25th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. it's 6:00. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. happening right now, a desperate search at sea. two adults and two children now missing for more than 12 hours. this morning the concern remains how long they can possibly survive in that frigid war out there 65 miles off the coast of pillar point. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live at the cost guard station right now. he has all of the latest details on what's happening this morning. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. the coast guard is concerned about their lack of survival equipment and the bad conditions out there. that's why they've been searching for these four people all night long. it's a search that continues right now in about an hour they'll send out more assets. they're just waiting for the sun to